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My personal opinion is that Perl, Python and Ruby are essentially
equivalent. At least I enjoy coding in all three ...
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<p>Yes, I can understand that, and I also enjoy Python (not as much as
in past days, and not as much as Perl, but I still do). I hope my
comments don't sound like I have anything against Python or its
community as a whole. That was not intended.</p>
<p>Glad you mentioned
<a href="https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1048156">this node</a>. Makes
perfect sense, actually. As stated there,</p>
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... they blame the language for the messes created by people who
didn't know what they were doing ...
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<p>So, that should remind us that writing poor programs just to get
stuff done may give a bad reputation to the language and its community.
It happened to Perl in the past, and seems like it's happening to Python
now. Copy/paste isn't just ugly programming practice. It'll harm
someone, eventually.</p>
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... if I was embarking on an AI and Machine Learning career today, I'd
choose Python, not Perl. ...
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<p>Indeed, there's a thriving AI/ML community among Python developers. I
wish I could say the same for Perl.</p>
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